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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16

They are undoubtedly the two most noted
American poets. Poe had more of poetic
genius than any of his countrymen, Long
fellow is one OF the most popular poets of any
country. There is something healthful and
soothing and comforting in his works. which
accounts for their popularity rather than
brilliant poetic inspiration. Poe wrote but
little. Longfellow wrote great DEAL and
his works have n large sale, not only In
America, but abroad.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16

Sir James Ross, in command Of two expe-
dictionary vessels, the Ercbus and Terror,
reached point nearer the South Pole than
any other man before or since. On Feb. %,
1872, he reached latitude south - deSs. anu
II Minis on large island, which he named
Victoria, Land He was only II dess aud
90 Minis. from the pole.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16

Mrs. HAYES, the wife Of eE President
Haye>, resides at Fremont, o.; Mrs Polk,
the widow OF James X. Polk, at Nashville.
TENT, Mrs Grant, tue widow OF U. 5.
Grant, at New York; Ms. Garfield, widow
Of james A. sinrfield, at Cleveland, q. These
are the only wives Of presidents living.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16

1t is common practice in France TO coat
the beams, the joists and the under side Of the
flooring Of buildings with thick coating of
lime wash as a preventive against fire. 1t
Is a preventive Of prime ignition, although
1t will not check fire when once under head
way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16
The Babies Were All Hirbt.

Ten pounds of anise seed, he said to
the drug clerk.
Gracious exclaimed the embryo
apothecary, collie at the Founding asy-
lIm?'
"No: fox hunting on Long Island, sir"
New York Mail and Express.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
STAPLE CROPS OF THE COUNTRY
AND THE AREA THESE OCCUPY.

Small Cost-All About the Cut Worm
and How to Circumvent It-Classiiica-
ton of Fowls.
There is but little land that is free
from cut worms, or few crops not subject
to their depredations. While cut worms
are especially destructive to the corn
crops, they also greatly injure root and
garden crops. Most farmers here had
experience with these pests, which from
the time when the earliest shoots begin to
appear in the garden and field cause de-
struction by eating OFF the tender stalks
at the surface of the ground.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16

FIG. IA SIMPLE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT..
Thus little depression is formed in the
water. rs shown in Fig. >; and the total bulk
of water displaced by the needle is equal to
that which would II the depression under
the dotted line CD, which would more than
equal the weight of the needle, which, there
fore, remains on the surface.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
RESULTS OF PROTECTIVE VAGINA
TlON AGAINST YELLOW FEVER.

Underground Wires In England and Ger
many-A simple Preventive Against
Eire-How Needles, steel Pens and Gold
Dollars Can be Made to Float.
II a very fine cambria needle is carefully
placed upon water it will not sink, although
much heavier than an equal mass OF water.
This is due to the fact, explains La Ma
ture that the bright surface of the metal is
not wet by the water, which is repealed from
it by capillary actinp, the sam" as the mer-
curry in a barons er is repealed from the
si,es of the glass time
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
THE LATEST TELEGRAMS
WASHINGTON.

The Attorney General has informed
representative ot the anti Bic smons, that
the Mormon bill will be signed. the delay
has been due to the desire Of the presi-
dent TO give the measure careful consid-
GRAFTON.
IsFoRMArIoN obtained in regard t. the
Missouri Pacific strike at a cost of $4,000
was yesterday submitted TO this house of
representatives by Mr.. Curtin's select
committee.
The president has approved the mill
tary academy appropriation BILL the reg
ular pension appropriation bill, the act
to organize the hospital corps Of the
United States, and the act in regard 20
the importation Of mackerel during the
spawning season.
THE house of representatives., by a
vote or 175 to 125, refused TO pass the
dependent pension bill over tho pyesi-
dents veto. a senate amendment TO the
post Office appropriation bill, setting
aside, 100000 for Central and South
American mails was not concurred in, tie
vote being 1870 to l57.
THE river and harbor bill passed by
congress appropriate 100000 for surveys
and estimates for waterway from Lake
Michigan to Joliet and thence TO La Sale,
which with the improvement Of the Hi
nois river, would permit the passage Of
large vessels fr9m the lakes TO the Mis5is-
sippi
THE liver and harbur bill in congress
was referred TO conference committee
II foots up $l0O0O,000, and includes the
Hennepin canal i'm provement. 1t is be
lieved that the bin will be agreed TO, and
Congressman Durham will insist that
tho Illinois river and canal surveys be
proceeded with without waiting for the
action Of the state Legislature.
THE house OF representatives. passed
the Mexican pension appropriation of
81 10000 for the remainder OF the fiscal
year, and - 100000 for next year. The
Legislative and deficiency appropriation
bills were passed under suspension of the
rules. At the evening session bills were
passed for bridging the Missouri nj
Omaha and Kansas City, and the Missis5-
ippi az Keokuk. Conference committees
reached an agreement on the river and
harbor bill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
GENERAL MOTHS,

TIM Illinois State Bears eff Agriculture
decided Tuesday to hold the state fair at
Olney in 1851 and lSos.
JouN WALTERS, one Of the Irish patriots
Of 9s. died Wednesday at Detroit, Mich,
aged los years.
ANorurU earthquake shock was felt st
Charleston and vicinity, which created
considerable alarm, bus did no damage.
A Kou vein OF Bessemer ore has been
discovered on Mount Meuard, Just ont
side OF Marquette, Michigan by two
young men who have been exploring in
that vicinity all winter.
CATHOLIC cle-gymen from Dakota Wyo-
ming, Colorado, and Nebrasks, are at
tending a synod =. Omaha, over which
Bishop O'Connor presldes.
Tut Chippewa Valley Lumberman's A.
ISOLATION was organized Tuesday at Eau
Claire Wis, the purpose being 70 secure
cheap freight rates and maintain prices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
ti.a., md CAsuALrlEo.

A FIRE at Hannibal. Mo, destroyed lum-
Der and box cars worth 100000.
BIZ fail of earth In a mine at Lavant,
Ontario, three men were killed and two
others were seriously injured
HARMON LoEB, clothier at Attica, Ind,
was burned out Thursday. Loss $500;
insured.
THREE business blocks at Richlaud
Center, Wisconsin,, valued at $4,000, were
burned Sunday.
THE oval wood dish factory at Nance
Iona, Mich, was destroyed by fire entail
ing a loss Of 100000, and rendering $50
persons idle.
ALTHoUGH the Ohio river at Cincinnati
stands above the danger line, the city IS
threatened with a water famine from the
clogging of the pumping engines by mud
and sand. No hydraulic elevators are al
lowed to run
THE spacious warehouse of c. A. Pills
bury 4, Co. At Minneapolis, containing
$4,000 barrels of -four collapsed yester-
day morning. The damage is estimated
at $50,000.l
DARBY g. Co.'S extensive candy manu-,
factory, at Baltimore, was destroyed by
ire friday morning, creating loss OF
about 100000, nearly covered by insur-
ance.
TUESDAY morning at Loudenville Sta
ton, Pa, Charles Bender and his team
of horses were killed by an express train
on the Fort Wayne Road.
The ongfellow Memorial Association
at its meeting Monday night at Camb-
ridge Mass, elected James Russell
Lowell, president, and Oliver Verbal
Holmes, vice president.
THE pharmacy department of the
Michigan university at Ann Arbor was
quilted by fire Tuesday night, creating a
loss of $4,000.
NEAR Port JervIs n. J., Tuesday night,
VI. l., Rose, engineer OF the ST. Louis ex-
press on the Erie road, was stricken with
paralysis on his engine, and is still uncon-
scious. The fireman ran the train to
DgDOsIt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

O'Clock this morning the effects of the
sixteen hours session werc visible in the
appearance of the hall OF the house and
on the members of the body. The floor
was strewn with scraps of paper and rem
nants and reports The atmosphere IN
the house WIS very impregnated with to-
baceo smoke, not withstanding the re-
peased appeals of the speaker to- mem
bers requesting them to observe the rule
which prohibits smoking on the floor.
few minutes past o'clock Mr.. Blount
announced that the conference report of
the committee on the postoffice appro-
priation bill had reached an agreement
by the recession of the senate conferes
from the senate subsidy amendment. The
report was agreed to, thus disposing of
the bill Mr.. Reed of Maine, Mr.. Hatch
of Missouri, being in the chair offered
the following resolution, which was adopt
ed UNANIMOUSLY by a standing vote;
Resolved, that the thanks of this house
are hereby endered to John G. Carlisle,
the speaker, for the courtesy, abilits and
fairness with which he has presided over
the deliberations of forty ninth congress.
Mr.. Forney, of Alabama, from the com
mittee on conference on the fertilization
bill, reported a continued disagreement.
A message was received from the presi-
dent saying he had no further communi-
cation to make 70 congress, and the
speaker, after a short speech, thanking
/ the members for their resolution, declar-
/ ID the house adjourned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

The Illinois house in committee OF the
whole, by a vote OF 70 to q, selected
Springfield in preference TO Chicago as
the permanent site of the state fair.
The greatest puzzle in the interstate
commerce law is the clause exempting
from its operations mileage, excursion,
and Communication tickets. The general
passenger agents recommend uniform
rate of 2l9 cents for mileage tickets.
THE breach between the Amalgamated
Association and the Knights or Labor il
widening. as a result of the trouble at
Mingo. The knights executive threaten
to organize all and steel workers in
TO one national district, and will also at
tempt 20 organize those members OF the
craft who do not belong to either soci.
ETY..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
FOREIGN.

THE British parliament has been asked
TO grant for the navy another E25O,0OO.
THr banking capital of Canada is Sl1,-
25S,735, The returns for January show
an increase Of $5,0Oo,000 in deposits by
tho people.
THE ameer of Afghanistau has warned
his subjects to prepare for a holy war.
All boys between 10 and Is years are be
ing prepared for military service.
II is omi-oiHcialy stated that there is
great tension in the relations between
the Russian and Chinese authorities in
the hnidia District The Russian auth
critics think serious measures will be
necessary 60 resettle the frontier be-
tween Russia and China in that portion
of the empire
TIM charge was made in the British
house of commons that the corporation
of London had diyeated 100000 of pub.
lie money 20 defeat the bill for the re-
form of the city government The coin
was mostly expended on bogus meetings,
where the audience was hired TO be pres
cut.
Az imperial order has been issued or
dering for the first and second corps of
the Prussian array a special series OF ex-
ercises preparatory to the autumn man.
euyers. The infantry division and caval'
~ brigades are TO maneuyer against q
supposed enemy, The total number OF
infantry reserves called ont for annual
drill IL 100000. The artillery, pioneer,
aud train reserves Is IL 200.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
A FELlNE.s SAD END

The Wounded Vanity and Loss Of Confidence
ola Venerable Cat
A certaic business firm says the Mont
real Witness, had an ancient and honorable
cat which was for years the ornament Of
their stores. She was vain TO a fault, and
one sad day she sat down on the bench of
one OF the shoemakers, upstairs, with
whom she was on terms of easy familiar
ity She did not observe that her bushy
tail was resting on lump of shOemaker's
wax. When the cat arose she discovered
that her beautiful tail was so weighted.
She was so mortified that she at once sat
down and tried to look uaconcerned.
Thea she attem pied to remove the object
with her teeth. As a result her teeth
were glued to her tail. She lost her
temper and whirled around and around
with a howl of rage. In her wild 1ighS
she dislocated the second joint of her
caudal appendage, Her bowsprit and
spanker boom were finally disentangled,
but she was disheyeled wreck. There
was shoemaker's wax in her dislocated
tail and in her glorious whiskers. She
caught one glimpse of herself in the glass
and then went and stood up in the corner
she did not dare ITO sit down-and
walled dismally. Wounded vanity and a
loss Of confidence in her nearest friend,
the shoemaker, who had been the limo
cent cause of her discontinue, did its
deadly work, and thus she met her sad
end waved end. She was stuffed, and
to-day all that remains of her rests on
the railing over the book keepers desk.
Tho taxidermist did his work well, but
there is a reproachful glare in her glass
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

Ia closing his argument Mr.. SWEET say
"The truth is, man wants more than j.
used to want. He may labor, or he me-
live in a hut, but when he sees other Pee
pie have comforts ne wants them ~
himself We never want and long Il.
what we do not know to exist. IL"
wealthy cannot have Injuries witAoe
letting the poor know it. workulsnI
cannot walk at night by the house W'u
warmed and full of brightness and &C.
cheer without wishing il were ms ~
home The wife of the workman W..
see the wife of her employer ~ ~
envy her His daughter cannot as -
works ut the market price OF laD9..
but sigh for something better than -
has known, and think, as she trudges :
her sewing machine, how much nicer
would be to 90 TO piano. HumSl.-;
lies in pyramid, and every man O..
woman envies the man or woman ~
higher. Even the apex man IL not oos
tent Uneasy lies the head that Eess
the crown. And yet the greatest hoPts i
humidity rest IL the fact that's all l,s CHS
and individuals are always and eve.
where bearing.
A banner with the strange device
Excelsior
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
CRIME AND CRIMINALS

Voice and O'Noil, the East ST. Louis
policeman, were indicated Friday at
Belleyille, H., for the murder of ex May
or Bowman, of East 81. Louis
IN riot Sunday night at Colorado,
Wichita county, KAN, over county-seat
differences, two men were killed, four
mortaliy and three Others dangerously
wounded.
HFSRY HErprEr, son of wealthy citi-
zen, was sentenced 20 ono year in the
pouitentiary Wednesday 40 Akron, Ohio,
for betrayiug girl of under promise
of marriage.
Is the divorce case brought at New
York against the son of Commodore Kit
tisuu the jury finds that hevas incapable
of making marriage contract, through
jutoxlcation, and that the woman was a
bad character.
A DEPUTY marshal at Chicago arrested
Max Weinberg, bankrupt tobacco mer-
chant for violation o. the internal
eycuuo law. Bond in $1,000 was given.
a. j. UrulNru, of Scion, Iowa, was ar
rcsted Tuesday for seduciug his step
daughter and james Lewis, prominent
citizen of Rockford, Iowe, drowned
himself.
MBs DuNuAm, living near Warsaw, Ind
has made u statement that her husband
and child were murdered by the man
Plew, who also attempted her life. Ptew
has been in prison ON the charge for
three weeks.
NEWTON MArrs, charged with the mu--
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
Monuments al Gettysburg.

Syracuse lN. i J journal
The commission on the erection of
monuments on the field of Gettysburg to
mark the spot occupied by New York
regiu, ents in the three-days battle has land
ITS report before the Legislature. An
appropriation is asked. The Commits
s!Oners say that in making their recon-
meudatious they have followed the ex-
ample of the States which have made
similar preparations, all of which have
made provision for separate monuments
designating the position of each regiment
and battery. There are now erected on
the Getty sburg field 80 regimental and
battery monuments. OF this number
Massachusetts has 80, Pennsylvania IS,
Connecticut {, New Hampshire 3, Rhode
Island 4. Indiana Is. Delaware 3, while the
state Of New York, which had 81 regi-
mouts and batteries in the battle is only
represented by two ;egimeutal mopu-
muat5, both OF which were paid for by
the survivors of the One Hundred and
Twenty fourth New York, of Orange
county, known as the Orange Blossom
and belonging to the Third Army Corps,
and by the One Huudredth and Fifty
seventh Regiments, recruited in Madison
and Cortland counties. Besides the re-
gimeutal monuments marking the posi-
ton of the New York troops, the commits
sion recommends taat lin honor OF more
than 500 nameiess dead who fell in the
ranks OF she New York troops at Gettys-
burg, and who are buried on the field, Il
nspicuCus monument should be erected
on the battlefield by the State of New
York The estimated cost o. the sever
al designs for ssch a monument ranged
from $50. 900 to 100000. 1t is urge
that while tho amount asked for may
seem large nevertheless it Is not more
than S2952 q head for the New York kill
ed and wounded Ia the conflict, and not
more than the aggregate bounties paid in
1864 for 200 recruits. The eighty-seyeu
New York regiments lost on the Battle
field 6,767 men, or cne-third OF the total
number of casualties. The bin provides
for an expense of 81 500 Tor each of these
regimeutal monuments.
The appropriations in the bin submit
tod by the commission are: $50 600 for
the memorial structure 20 the memory OF
the nameless dsad, and SlS0.50O for the
regimeutai monuments, $4,000 for se-
curing the sites for the monuments and
avenues leading to them, and $4,000 for
the services of the necessary engineers,
surveyors, agents employees of the com
m'ss'oh' AFTER inc eieetlon Oh tne moou-
,'eH'S l"e,' care una custody vi" DE gwen
s,- a..s'r,.,,inr MA 90 60 80
tra G.ra-rr. ~ ts,, $500, - 80
80 ;,,.a...,.,
Jseiul and lturttUl Medicines
There is q certain class of remedies for Const.-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

THE Ohio legislature has been poueu
na Jhe Presidential preferences W 'no
republicans - are Tor SAermHn' /" 'o'
Blaine, and . for "the nominee 81 the
convention OF the democrats ~ are lof
Cleveland, g for anybody TO bent 'ieVe
land" for Thurman and . for "the nom
iuee."
CgrMAuoN israpidIy becoming popu-
lar in Europe. Tho Holy Soc has auathem-
atigea itasa funeral ceremony in Italy,
INIT There are sixty crematories in that
.,,,.,rv The French Chamber of Depu.
tia. Inns missed nm act making cremation
o,hopal but l,gal. and over $4,000 cleo
,ors have petitiourd the German Reich
s,a, il, favor ola similar measure. In
Swi,,.r,er5 the practice is quite com
r,on
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

A pELEGATIos Of American millers Is IN
Washington seeking the removal Of the
duty of Is cents a barrel On American
flour nov pos I'd by Brazil.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

VIZ are 20 have a navy not "Pinaiore
cruisers, but heavily armored vessels
floating batteries, rams, torpedoes' and
salt water bloodhonds. Columbia which
il now the gem Of the ocean is pFepar,
ing 10 become the terror Of the same.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

The Governor Of Nebraska has issued
his proclamation declaring the legisla-
tive amendment carried, and the session
will continue twenty days longer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

Ex-CUNGHrssMAN EDWARD BREiruNe, OF
Negaunoe, Mich, who represented II dis
trict in the upper peninsula in the 4Sih
congress, died of pneumonia at Eastman
Ga. Thursday night. His property Is
estimated from $500000O TO &Ioooo0o.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

HARvAGD college has recently come in
to possession Of d bequest Of $4,000 and
upward, which Is applicable only for pur-
poses of special Astronomical inyeatiga-
tiona.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

The Central Labor Union of NowYork,
at a recent meeting considered a resolu'
ton 10 boycott the press. Fortunately
it was not passed and the newspapers
continue TO DO published.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

Army officers throughout Austro-Hun
gary have been ordered to be ready 70
march at any time within t.enty-four
hours. Tho Sunday Observance act has
been suspended TO allow work on army
contracts to be hurried.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

Mineral Point Tribune,
W. II. & B. j. BENNETT, Publishers.
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN
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The Governor Of Nebraska has issued
his proclamation declaring the legisla-
tive amendment carried, and the session
will continue twenty days longer.
WE are 20 have navy not ''Pinafore'
cruisers but heavily armored vessels,
floating batteries, rams torpedoes' and
salt water bloodhonds. Columbia, which
il now the gem of the ocean is prepar
ing 20 become the terror Of the same.
A pELEGArIos Of American millers Is in
Washington seeking the removal of the
duty of IS cents a barrel en- American
flour nov imposed by Brazil.
HAnvAuD college has recently come in
TO possession OF d bequest Of $4,000 and
upward, which Is applicable only for pur-
poses of special Astronomical inyeatiga-
tiona.
IT is believed that Kansas City will be
the eighth club in the base bah league,
all cities except Boston aad Detroit, hay-
ing withdrawn their objections to its
retention.
The Central Labor Union of New York,
at recent meeting considered a resolu
ton 10 boycott the press. Fortunately
it Was not passed, and the newspapers
CouLiuNb 10 20 IuoliNhNus
ARMY officers throughout Austro Hun
gary have been ordered to DO ready 70
march at any time within tRenty-four
hours. Tho Sunday Observance act has
been suspended TO allow work on army
contracts TO be hurried.
Wednesday, The Emperor, in his address,
declared that "the foreign policy Of the
Empire is continually directed 70 the
maintenance OF pence with All the
Powers"
EDWARD KUEns, who died recently in
Omaha, left % will directing that his body
be cremated ana the ashes be placed in
an urn over the bar of a popular saloon.
TuE lour warehouse Of Charles A.
Pinsbury, one Of the great milling estab.
lishmeuts of Minneapolis, collapsed from
ia own weight. There were l25,ooo,oo0
barrels stored in the great structure
The damage is estimated al $4,000.
Tnr Minnesota house has passed. an
irou-ciod bill to provide for the enforce
ment of tho 1000 high license law. The
st. Paul Council had previously adopted
an ordinance fixing saloon licenses at
$500 for two and one.half ycara.
Tur ninotioth anniversary Of the birth
of Emperor William, of Germany March
90, will be observed with unusual cero-
monies by the Austrian court. state
dinner will be given IN honor of the
event, to which the entire stat of the
German embassy will be invited.
GprEAl BouLANGrE has deereed that
in future no officer in the French army
shall be allowed to haze IL Nis service a
foreigner of either sex. The decree is
due to the fact that the goyorness of Gen.
eral Dayoust's children has been discoy.
cred to bo the wife of the Prussian officer
chartered at Neuf Balsach.
Ex-CoNaurssMAN EDWARD BBurruNG, OF
Negaunoe, Mich, who represented dis
trict in the upper peninsula in the iSth
congress, died of pneumonia at Eastman
Ga, Thursday night. His property Is
..,f..,ia1 er,,,, e. oDD OOO tn n OpD 600. .